Two arrested in Harvey double homicide

Two New Orleans men were arrested Sunday in connection with a weekend double homicide in Harvey, the Jefferson Parish Sheriff's Office announced today.

JPSOJoshua EverettJoshua Everett, 19, and Edward Augustine, 21, were arrested in connection with the shooting deaths of Carl Windom, 32, of New Orleans, and Andre Paul, 31, of Harvey, said Sgt. Larry Dyess, JPSO spokesman.

The shootings happened Saturday evening at 2308 Broadway St. in Harvey.

JPSOEdward AugustineAugustine, of 6146 Warwick Court, was arrested Sunday in New Orleans and transported to Jefferson Parish, where he was booked on two counts of first degree murder.

Later that same day, Joshua Everett was arrested at his residence at 1103 South Johnson St. and booked on two counts of first degree murder.

Both of the victims had been shot several times shortly before 7 p.m. Saturday, the sheriff's office said.

Members of ProjectNola.com, a non-profit citizens' crime-fighting group, claimed credit for helping police crack the case by helping JPSO and New Orleans Police Department officers realize that the Harvey crime was connected with a shooting in New Orleans about 30 minutes later.

"Law enforcement in each parish was busy with separate shootings not realizing that the same vehicle played a role in each crime," ProjectNola administrator Bryan Lagarde said in a press release.

Lagarde said organization members who monitor police radios heard that the perpetrators in the Harvey crime had fled in a blue Jaguar. They later heard New Orleans police discussing a shooting in the 1200 block of South Johnson mention a Jaguar in the neighborhood with its engines running.

Lagarde was able to notify both the JPSO and NOPD about the possible connection, he said.